miaowang123: including powerhouses like Germany
including powerhouses like Germany
KANSAS CITY, Kan. Alex Reyes . -- Benny Feilhaber and Lawrence Olum both had goals and Sporting Kansas City defeated the Los Angeles Galaxy 2-1 on Saturday. Sporting (10-5-5) extended its unbeaten streak to six games, while Galaxys eight-game unbeaten streak was broken. In the 11th minute, Feilhaber opened the scoring, drilling a free kick from just outside the box into the upper left corner past Galaxy goalkeeper Jaime Penedo. Sporting made it 2-0 in the 60th minute. Graham Zusis cross was headed by Jacob Peterson -- which was blocked by Penedo -- but the rebound came straight to Olum who headed it past a sprawled Penedo. Zusi and Matt Besler signed long-term designated player contracts to remain with K.C. earlier in the day. Both players had received interest from abroad after their strong performances in Brazil. Robbie Keane cut the Galaxy (7-4-6) deficit in the 79th minute with his 10th goal of the season off a corner kick. Andy Gruenebaum filled in for Sportings starting goalkeeper Eric Kronberg, who is out with a fractured bone in his left hand suffered Wednesday at practice Matt Wieters . Second-seeded Sloane Stephens of the United States made lighter work of her day as she beat 2009 champion and Swiss wild card Timea Bacsinszky 6-3, 6-3. Two seeds fell: No. 4 Kirsten Flipkens of Belgium lost to Katarzyna Piter of Poland 6-4, 6-2, and No. Junior Fernandez . - The Oakland Athletics say they are stopping negotiations to extend their lease at the Coliseum.Argentina, France and Colombia are among the countries which oddsmakers feel came out on the good side of Fridays FIFA World Cup draw. According to bodog.net, Argentinas odds improved from 6-1 to 5-1 after they were grouped in with Bosnia & Herzegovina, Iran and Nigeria. France jumped from 25-1 to 18-1 after it was learned they would be playing Group E with Switzerland, Ecuador and Honduras. Colombia is now a 20-1 favourite to win the World Cup after being put into a group with Greece, Ivory Coast, Japan. Before the draw, they were listed at 22-1. Oddsmakerss also downgraded some countries chances after the draw, including powerhouses like Germany and the defending champions from Spain. Genesis Cabrera. Germany dipped slightly from 5-1 to 11-2 as a result of their tough draw with Portugal, Ghana and the United States. Spain, which must play the Netherlands in their first match, also dropped from 13-2 to 7-1. The Netherlands also face longer odds, going from 25-1 to 20-1. Other countries that have longer odds based on the draw include England, Italy and Portugal. Host Brazil remains the favourite at 3-1. ' ' '
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